Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Sudhindra Nath Panda

Ph.D.(PAU, Ludhiana)

Professor, Agricultural & Food Engineering
S N Panda joined the Institute in 1995

Contact Addresses

Residence	A-76, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283140
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283141 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 278686 (Private Phone)
email	snp @ agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

Integrated Land and Water Resources Planning and Management
Rainwater Conservation and Recycling

Fellow

Indian Water Resources Society

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Land use land cover dynamics in relation to human dimension and climate in Mahanadi river basin, Orissa
Principal Investigator : Prof. M. D. Behera and Prof. S. N. Panda
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. H. R. Tiwari, Prof. M. K. Dash
Sponsor : NRSC, Hyderabad
Project Title : Designing optimum size of rainwater harvesting and recycling structure for diversified cropping system in rainfed upland ecosystems in rainfed upland
Principal Investigator : Prof. S. N. Panda
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. D. K. Swain
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : Groundwater modelling in selected basins between Farakka and Ganga Sagar
Principal Investigator : Prof. S. N. Panda, Prof. D. J. Sen
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. A. Dhar
Sponsor : Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
Project Title : Integration of rainwater harvesting and climate resilient agriculture in sustaining productivity and profitability of rainfed agro-climatic zones of e
Principal Investigator : Prof. S. N. Panda
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. R. K. Panda and Dr. B. C. Sahoo
Sponsor : CRIDA (ICAR)
Project Title : Interdisciplinary network for holistic environment system analysis, eco-system services, integrated modelling and sustainable resources management (IN
Principal Investigator : Prof. W. Flugel
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. S. N. Panda
Sponsor : BMBF, Germany

Publications: 2012 - 2013

Simulation-optimization modeling for conjunctive use management under hydrological uncertainty by Raul, S. K., Panda, S. N. , Water Resources Management, 27 (5): 1323-1350 (2013)
Development and application of an optimization model for the maximization of net agricultural return by Singh, A., Panda, S. N. Agricultural Water Management, 115: 267-275 (2012)
Integrated salt and water balance modelling for the management of waterlogging and salinization. 1: Validation of SAHYSMOD. by Singh, A., Panda, S. N. J. of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 138 (11): 955-963. (2012)
Integrated salt and water balance modelling for the management of waterlogging and salinization. 2: Application of SAHYSMOD by Singh, A., Panda, S. N. J. of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 138 (11): 964-971 (2012)
Modelling and analyzing the watershed dynamics using Cellular Automata (CA) -Markov model - A geo-information based approach by Behera M. D., Borate, S. N., and Panda, S. N., Behera, P. R., Roy, P. S. Journal of Earth System Science, 121 (4): 1011-1024 (2012)
Evaporation studies of canopy-covered on-farm reservoir by Sahoo, B. C., Panda, S. N., Kumar, P. J. of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 138(7): 600-612 (2012)
Waterlogging and farmland salinization: Causes and remedial measures in an irrigated semi-arid region of India by Singh, A., Panda, S. N., Flugel, Wolfgang-Albert, and Krause Peter Irrigation and Drainage, 61(3): 357-365 (2012)

Publications: 2011 - 2012

Synthetic unit hydrograph methods: A critical review by Bhunya, P. K., Panda, S. N. and Goel, M. K The Open Hydrology Journal, 5: 1-8. (2011)
Effect of saline irrigation water on mustard (Brassica Juncea) crop yield and soil salinity in a semi-arid area of north India by Singh, A., and Panda, S. N. Experimental Agriculture, (2011)
Ecologically-sustainable surface water withdrawal for cropland irrigation through incorporation of climate variability by Mondal, P., Srivastava, P., Kalin, L. and Panda, S. N. J. of Soil and Water Conservation, 66(4): 221-232. (2011)
Modeling rainwater storage in distributed reservoir systems in humid subtropical and tropical Savannah regions by Pandey, P. K., Soupir, M. L., Singh, V. P., Panda, S. N., and Pandey, V. Water Resources Management,, (2011)
Integrated water resource management in a major canal command in eastern India by Raul, S. K., Panda, S. N., Hollaender H., and Billib M. Hydrological Processes, 25(16): 2551-2562 (2011)
Flood analysis using generalized logistic models in partial duration series by Bhunya, P. K., Singh, R. D., Berndtsson, R., and Panda, S. N J. of Hydrology, (0)
Sectoral conjunctive use planning for optimal cropping under hydrological uncertainty by Raul, S. K., Panda, S. N., and Inamdar, P. M. J. of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 138 (2):145-155 (2012)
Assessing flood induced and land-cover changes using remote sensing and fuzzy approach in eastern Gujarat (India) by Sharma C.S., Behera, M.D., Mishra, A., and Panda, S.N. Water Resources Management, 25(13): 3219-3246 (2011)

Publications: 2010 - 2011

Forecasting of rainfall using ocean-atmospheric indices with a fuzzy neural technique by Srivastava, G., S. N Panda, P. Mondal, and J. Liu Journal of Hydrology, 395(3-4):190-198 (2010)
Rising water table: A threat to sustainable agriculture in irrigated semi-arid regions of India by Singh, A., Peter Krause, S. N. Panda, and Wolfgang Flugel Agricultural Water Management ., 97(10): 1443-1451 (2010)
Hybrid neural modeling for groundwater level prediction by Dash, N. B., S. N. Panda, R. Remesan, and N. Sahoo Neural Computing and Applications, 19(8): 1251-1263 (2010)
Water use and yield response of tomato as influenced by drip and furrow irrigation by Panigrahi, B., D.P. Roy, and S. N. Panda International Agricultural Engineering Journal, 19 (1): 19-30 (2010)

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Modeling evaporative water loss from the on-farm reservoir with biological shading by B. C. Sahoo, S. N. Panda, and B. Panigrahi Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Accepted (2010)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Managed aquifer recharge using ASR-wells for sustainable use of groundwater resources in alluvial coastal aquifer in Eastern India by Holländer, H.M., R. Mull, and S. N. Panda Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 34: 270-278 (2009)
Simulation-optimization modelling for optimal cropping patterns and pumpage for sustainable groundwater management in a Coastal Basin of Orissa, India by Rejani, R. M.K.Jha and S.N.Panda Water Resources Management, 23 (2):235-263 (2009)
Performance improvement of a minor irrigation system through rainwater harvesting in auxiliary storage reservoir by Mishra A., A.K. Adhikary, and S. N. Panda Water Resources Management, 23 (2): 265-288 (2009)
Water balance simulation model for optimal sizing of on-farm reservoir in rainfed cropping system: A user-friendly software by Dipankar Roy, Sudhindra N. Panda, B. Panigrahi Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 65 (1): 114-124 (2009)
Evaluation of effective management plan for an agricultural watershed using AVSWAT model, remote sensing and GIS by Pandey, V. K, S.N. Panda, Ashish Pandey and S. Sudhakar Environmental Geology, 56: 993-1008 (2009)
Development of crop staggered irrigation demand assessment tool (CSIDAT) by Pandey, D., S. N. Panda, N. S Raghuwanshi, Damodhara R. Mailapalli International Agricultural Engineering Journal, 17 (1-4): 27-39 (2008)
Deficit irrigation approach for improving irrigation efficiency of maize: A field experiment in Syria by Shamaa, Ahmed T., Addul N. AlDarir, Max Billib, Karin Bardowicks, and Sudhindra N. Panda Journal of Applied Irrigation Sciences, 43 (2): 143-154 (2008)
Effect of land-use/land-cover changes on hydrological response of agricultural watershed: A case study using remote sensing technique by Pandey, V. K, Ashish Pandey, and S.N. Panda Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 8 (2): 3-9 (2008)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Simulation Modeling for Efficient Groundwater Management in Balasore Coastal Basin, India by Rejani, R., M. K. Jha, S. N. Panda, and R. Mull Water Resources Management, 22 (1): 23-50 (2008)
Sustainability of rice dominated cropping system in the Hirakud canal command, Orissa (India) by Raul, S. K., S. N. Panda, H. Hollaender, and M. Billib Irrigation and Drainage, 57 (1): 93-104 (2008)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Rainwater conservation and recycling by optimal size on-farm reservoir by Panigrahi, B., S. N. Panda, B. C. Mal Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 50 (4): 459-474 (2007)
Delineation and parameterization of Banikdih watershed using remote sensing and AVSWAT model by Pandey, V. K., S. N. Panda, N. S. Raghuwanshi, and S. Sudhakar Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 34 (2): 143-152 (2006)
Application of remote sensing and GIS for watershed characterization: A case study of Banikdih watershed (Eastern India) by Pandey, V. K., A. K. Pandey, and S. N. Panda Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 7 (1): 03-15 (2007)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Optimal cropping and water resources allocation in a coastal groundwater basin, Orissa, India by Sethi, L. N., S. N. Panda, and M. K. Nayak Agricultural Water Management, 83: 209-220 (2006)
Sizing on-farm reservoir for crop-fish integration in rainfed farming system in eastern India by Pandey, P. K., S. N. Panda, and B. Panigrahi Biosystems Engineering, 93(4): 475-489 (2006)
Laboratory experiments to investigate clogging effects in a quifers-influence of physical deposition, bubbles and biological activity by Hollaender, H. M., P. W. Boochs, Max Billib, and S. N. Panda Grundwasser, 10 (4): 205-215. (2005)
Economic viability of rice-fish integration with the on-farm reservoir of rainfed ecosystem in eastern India by Sethi, L. N., S. N. Panda, and D. P. Verma Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 3 (3 & 4): 194-199 (2005)
Economic evaluation of rainwater harvesting in on-farm reservoir for the integrated farming system - A sustainable approach to small farmers, by Pandey, P. K., S. N. Panda, and L. P. Pholane Environment and Ecology, 23 (3): 671-675 (2005)

Some Earlier Publications

Optimal crop planning and conjunctive use of water resources in a coastal river basis by Panda, S.N., Sethi, L.N., D. Nages Kumar and Mal, B.C Water resource management, 16, 2 PP 145-169 ()
Potato water use and yield under furrow irrigation by Panigarhi, B., Panda, S. N. Raghwanshi, N. S Irrigation Science, 20 PP 155-163 (2001)
Forecasting of hydrological events for planning of rainfed rice by Panigrahi, B., Panda, S.N., Mull, R Hydrological Science Journal, 47,3 PP 2002 (435-)
Field test of soil water balance simulation model by Panigrahi, B. and Panda, S.N. Agril. Waste Mangt., 58(3) PP 223-240 (2003)
Optimal sizing of on-farm reservoirs for supplemental irrigation. by Panigrahi, B. and Panda, S.N. J. Irrig. Drainage Engg., 129(2) PP 117-128 ()

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